Grain shocker



March 8, 1938. VD. D. DALLENBACH GRAIN SHOCKER Filed Feb. 23, 1957 3 Sheets-Sheet l I -lnvenlor flax I'd D. I za #9720262 and A Home GRAIN SHOCKER Filed Feb. 25, 1937 3. Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventor p y/4 z); Edi/Zed a A llomepg March 8, 1938. D. D. DALLENBACH GRAIN SHOCKER Filed Feb. 23, 1937 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 Patented Mar. 8, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 6 Claims.

My invention relates generally to means for receiving bundles of grain from a binder or the like and arranging such bundles in orderly manner and depositing the same on the ground in shocks in neat and regular rows each consisting of two lines of mutually supporting shocks, and an important object of the invention is to provide an arrangement of this character which is suitable for connection to an ordinary binder or the like and which will enable a single operator standing on the binder to perform all functions of making the lines of shocks without in any way manually handling the bundles in their transit from the binder or the like to the ground.

Another important object of my invention is to provide arrangements of the character indicated above which have elements which are. power driven from a suitable powerconnection with the binder or the like upon which the device is mounted.

Other important objects of my invention will be apparent from a reading of the following description in connection with the drawings, wherein for purposes of illustration I have shown a 25 preferred embodiment of my invention.

In the drawings:-

Figure 1 is a general perspective view of the embodiment of the present invention showing the opposite side thereof from that which is mounted on the binder or the like.

Figure 2 is a perspective View of the rotatably reversible bundle depositing member.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view taken through the hopper and the bundle depositing member and showing the relation of the conveyor chute or platform to the hopper, and further showing the relation of these elements to the frame of the embodiment.

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 2 but showing the bundle holding means in operative position.

Referring in detail to the drawings, the numeral 5 generally designates the shocker of the present invention which comprises the frame 6 which includes the inclined portion I leading up to the horizontal portion 8, these portions being constituted by longitudinal side members having appropriate cross members therebetween; and the lower horizontal portions 9 on the outboard side of the frame, the vertical support Ill extending between the outboard portion 8 and the outboard portion 9, and the outboardly extending horizontal frame I I. The horizontal portion 8 which is at the inboard side of the frame has an extension 8' to which is attached e leg f he upwardly curved link support l2 which has the depending bearings I3 and M-and the long leg l5 which is mounted to the front end of the outboard porticn 8 of the frame as clearly shown in Figure 1.

From the bearings 13 and 14 swingably depend links 56 and I! which have their lower ends pivoted as indicated by the numerals l8 and IE! to the front ends of the transversely spaced longitudinal feed bars and 2| which have bearings 10 22 and 23 near their rear ends which are swingably mounted on throws 24 and 25 of the shaft 26, which has a pinion 21 in mesh with a gear 28 which is fixed on one endof the shaft 29, and which also has sprockets over which the upper 15 flights of the conveyor chains 30 are trained, the lower flights of the conveyor chains being trained over sprockets on a shaft 3| at the lower end of the inclined portion 1 of the frame of the shocker.

The rear ends of the bars 20 and 2| have de- 20 pending hooks 32 and 33 for operating upon bundles brought up by the conveyor, so as to properly pack the bundles on a platform to be described.

Extending between the conveyor chains 30 and 5 35 are raddles 34 which support the bundles (not shown) with their longitudinal axesacross the conveyor and carry the bundles deposited on the conveyor from the binder or the like, so as to deposit the bundles within reach of the hooks on 30 the feed bars 20, 21 so as to be passed onto the downwardly swingable board or chute platform 35, which is hinged as indicated by the numeral 36 to the inboard extension 8' of the horizontal portion of the frame. The hooks 32 and 33 act 35 to catch and pull the bundles along the chute 35' until a sufiicient number of such bundles is on the platform 35 to press against the latch yoke 36 which is mounted on the longitudinal slide member 31 which is connected as indicated by the numeral 38 to the bottom of the chute 35, and is arranged to be retracted into initial position by the spring 39, in such a manner as to withdraw the end 40 of the bar 31 from the latch keeper 4| on the frame, so as to free the platform 35 to swing downwardly under the weight of the bundles and gravitationally dump the particular bundles into the hopper which is generally designated 42.

Pressing against the underside of the platform 35, as illustrated in Figure 3, is the elevating lever 43 which is equipped at its free end with a roller which bears against the underside of the platform 35, the said lever being pivoted as indicated by the numeral 46 on'a bracket 41 55 which is mounted to the frame extension 8'. This lever, 43 has on its opposite end a weighted portion 48 with which is connected one end of a spring 49 which is stretched between this point and the point 50 of the frame, for the purpose of elevating the platform 35 into its normal horizontal position after it has dropped the compacted bundles thereon into the hopper 42.

As indicated in Figure 3 of the drawings, the hopper 42 is supported on the frame portion H and has open upper and lower ends which are generally rectangular in form. At the inboard wall of the hopper is supported a longitudinal".

shaft which has one end extending rearwardly from the hopper and provided with a fixed arm 53 which is pivotally connected to one end of-a connecting rod 54 which has its opposite and. outboard end pivotally connected to a throw 55 of a shaft 56 which is journaled in the front and rear members of the frame portion I l as shown in Figure 1. This shaft 56 hasalso athrow 5'! which I normally lies under the swingable stop 58 which is mounted on the frame II, for the purpose of swinging the stop up from its normal position in engagement with the upper edge of the shock depositing element 59; which normal position of the stop 58 is clearly illustrated in Figures 1 and 3.

The rear endof 'th'shaft ifi has a crank 66 thereon which is connected by means of a link 6! to one arm of a clutch operating bellcrank 62 which issupported on'abracket 63 on theframe H and-which operates a clutch element 64 ona shaft which is'mounted in a support 66 on the bracket 63 and is provided at its forward end with a beveled gear connection with' a shaft 66 which is mounted on the frame H and has a sprocket chain connection 61 with the'outboard end of the shaft'29. g

The shaft 65 has a sprocket connection 69 with the shaft which is-mounted-in the depending portions II and 12 of the frame H, the shaft 10 having fixed thereon the shock depositing 'ele ment59. t t T Fixed on the rotary shaft 5| .withinthe-hopper 42 is the upperiend of the gate l3; Fixed on a shaft I4 approximately centraliaedin alongitudinal position in the hopper 42 isthe gate 15. A stop rod 16 extends between the front, and rear walls of the hopper for engagement by 'theupper part of the gate during operations to be described.

The hopper 42 has its open-lower end disposed directly above the bundle depositing element 59 which is hour-glass-shapedin cross section and has a central partition 11 receiving. andflxed to the shaft 10 and separating the depositor into two non-communicating compartments across eachof which is arranged a, transverselyexpansible retainer which is generally designated 13' and which includes a supporttube 19 in which the opcrating rod all is slidable; On the tube 19 are ends of the toggle-levers 8land the juncture of the togglelevers 82 and 83 which are connected together as clearly shown in Figure 2 whereby when the rod 80 is moved in one direction, the toggle levers come out laterally to hold "thebundles in the particular compartment, and when the rod 80 is pulled in another direction the toggle levers are collapsed in the positions shown in FlgureZ so as torelease the bundles from the compartment wherrthe compartment is in the inverted position, to permit the bundles to fall upon the ground in the desired alignment and positioning. The retainers 18 are provided to hold the bundles in the respective compartments while the depositing member 59 is being swung from the position in which it receives the bundles from the hopper 42, to the reversed position in which it isarranged to deposit the bundles on the ground.

For operating the retaining members 18 there is provided a toggle lever arrangement which is generally designated 85 and located on the rear end of the depositing element as shown in Figure 2, and arranged to be engaged by a cam arm 86 ion the frame I I which is supported to be engaged by the linkage 85 in the corresponding position :ofthe depositing member 59, so that the bundles will'be held by the corresponding retainer after having been placed into the upper compartment of .thedepositing member, and during and after the depositing member is being reversed in position. I

Manual means for engaging the same linkages 85 to collapse the corresponding retainer 18 when its compartment is in the depositing position, comprises the, manually operable lever 81 which is pivoted as indicated by the numeral 88 on the side of the frame member-9 of the device, and this has pivoted to its lower end as indicated by the numeral 89, the slide 90 which has a pin and slot connection 9| with a support 92 which dependsfrom the frame member H and has a depending portion 92 engageable with'the outer end of the rod 80 to move said rod inwardly so as to move the bars 84 and the toggles-to-the position shown in Figure 2." By means of these'arrangemerits. the operator can move the lever-81 when the depositing member is in a position to deposit the bundles, and thereby release the bundles onto the ground. As will be seen from Figure 4 when the rod 80 is moved outwardly by movement of the member 85by the cam 86 the toggles 8| and 83will be moved to'a position at substantially right angle's'to the member 19 or to a dead center and thus the'parts will remain in this position until the rod 80' is moved inwardly by the'lever 81 and the part 90. i As the bundles are dumped by the chute or platform into the hopper "(the group of bundles lands on the gate 15 which has the initial inclined position shown in Figure 3, and the weight of such group of bundles, engaging the lower end of the gate 15, will swing the gate until its upper portion rests .upon the rod 16. This group of bundles is deposited with their butts uppermost, in the outboard side of the member 59. This swinging of the gate 15 against the bar 16 will cause the next group of bundles coming into the hopper to fall upon the gate 13 which causesdownward swingingof the gate 13 toward and beyond a perpendicularposition, and thus the second group of bundles is deposited in the inboard side of the member 59, with their butts uppermost. The movement of the gate 13 causes operation; of the link 54 and theshaft 56, so that as the proper number of bundles is dumpedinto the hopper in the-manner indicated, and permitted to fall into the waiting com partmentof the depositing member 59, the shaft 56 is operated so as to remove the stop 58 from the upper edge of the depositing member 59. At the same time the clutch element 64 is operated by the motion of the shaft 56 so that the drive connection 93 to the binder power take-oi! (not shown) can operate the shaft 10 through the chain 62 and'rotate the depositing'memb'er so as to bring the full chamber thereof to the inverted shock depositing position. Soon after the member 59 starts to move, the linkage 85 is actuated by the cam 86-, which causes the toggles to move outwardly the bars 84, so that these bars hold the two groups of bundles against the sides of the member 59 and thus the bundlesare held against movement while the member 59 is turning. As the second group of bundles passes between the gates 13 and I5, they will engage the lower part of the gate I and thus swing the same into its normal positiornas shown in Figure 3 of the drawings. the shaft 56 and the clutch member 64 is spring retracted as indicated in Figure 1, so that as soon as the inverting of the depositing member 59 has taken place, the clutch 64 disengages and the stop 58 is permitted to fall to engage the thenupper end of the depositing member 59 in holding position as shown in Figure 3 of the drawings and this action also returns the gate 13 to its normal position, as shown in Figure 3. As already stated, after the inversion of the depositing member 59 with the bundles therein,

the operator of the device may by manipulating the lever 8'! discharge the bundles from the bottom compartment of the member 59 onto the ground in the mutually supporting standing positions in straight lines forming rows of double lines of shocks properly aligned and neatly and uniformly arranged on the ground. A spring 94 is arranged to retract the lever 81 to its initial inoperative position.

To prevent the conveyor from feeding more bundles onto the platform 35 than can be taken care of at the rate of deposit at which the depositing device 59 is operated, the conveyor is driven indirectly from the power shaft 65 through a gear meshing with the shaft 66 which, in turn, has a sprocket chain connection 61 with the upper conveyor shaft 29 as shown in Figure 1 of the drawings. The sprocket wheel 95 on the shaft 29 and over which the chain 61 is trained, is free on the shaft 29, but is normally operatively connected to the shaft 29 by a. clutch 96 which is operated by a bell crank 91 which is fulcrumed on a vertical member of the frame element 9 and is pivotally connected as indicated by the numeral 98 (see Figure 3) to the lower end of a link 99 which pivotally depends from the already described lever 43; whereby the clutch 95 is under the control of the lever 43 and hence of the downwardly swingable platform 35. This arrangement is so made that when the platform 35 drops with a full complement of bundles thereon the conveyor stops and fails to move further bundles onto this platform until the platform returns to its elevated bundle-receiving position.

Although I have shown and described herein a preferred embodiment of my invention, it is to be definitely understood that I do not desire to limit the application of the invention thereto, and any change or changes may be made in the materials and in the structure and arrangement of the parts, within the spirit of the invention and the scope of the subjoined claims.

What is claimed is:-

1. A shocking device comprising a hopper, a tiltable chute for depositing bundles into the hopper, means for holding the chute in raised position until a certain amount of bundles has been placed thereon, a conveyor for conveying bundles to the chute, a rotatable depositing device under the hopper, means in the hopper for The linkage between directing one group of bundles from the chute to one side of the depositing device and the second group of bundles from the chute to the opposite side of such device, means for rotating the depositing device, and means for rendering such means active by the passage of the second group of bundles through the hopper. I

2. A shocking apparatus of the class described comprising a hopper, a'tiltable chute for delivering bundles into the hopper, means for holding the chute raised until a predetermined number of bundles has been placed thereon, conveyormeans for conveying bundles to the chute, a r05 tatable depositing device under the hopper, means in the hopper for directing the first group of bundles fromthe chute into one side of the depositing device, a second means in the hopper for directing the second group of bundles from the chute into the other side of the depositing device, power means for rotating the depositing device, a latch for holding the depositing device against movement, and means actuated by movement of the second means in the hopper for rendering the power means active to rotate the depositing device a half turn to deposit the bundles on the ground and to release the latch means.

3. A shocking apparatus of the class described comprising a hopper, a tiltable chute for delivering bundles into the ho-pper,'means for holding the chute raised until a predetermined number of bundles has been placed thereon, conveyor means for conveying bundles to the chute, a rotatable depositing device under the hopper, means in the hopper for directing the first group of bundles from the chute into one side of the depositing device, a second means in the hopper for directing the second group of bundles from the chute into the other side of the depositing device, power means for rotating the depositing device, a latch for holding the depositing device against movement, means actuated by movement of the second means in the hopper for rendering the power means active to rotate the depositing device a half turn to deposit the bundles on the ground and to release the latch means, means operated by the initial movement of the depositing device for holding the bundles in such device, and manually operated means for releasing such holding means after the device has been turned to depositing position.

4. A shocking apparatus of the class described comprising a hopper, a conveyor, a tiltable chute receiving the bundles from the conveyor and depositing them into the hopper, latch means for holding the chute in raised position until a predetermined number of bundles has been placed thereon, a rotatable depositing device located under the hopper and including a pair of oppositely arranged chambers, a power shaft, means including clutch means for rotating the depositing device from the said shaft, means in the hopper for directing the first group of bundles from the chute to one side of the uppermost chamber of the depositing device, a second means in the hopper for directing the second group of bundles into the opposite side of said chamber, latch means for holding the depositing device against movement, means actuated by the second means in the hopper for releasing the latch means and for engaging the clutch to cause the power shaft to turn the depositing device a half turn, spring means for returning the clutch-actuating means and latch to their first positions.

5. A shocking apparatus of the class described comprising a hopper, a conveyor, a tiltable chute against movement, meansactuated by the second receiving the bundles from theconveyor and depositing them intothe hopper, latch means for holding the chute in raised position until a predetermined number of bundles has been placed thereon, a rotatable depositing devicelocated under the hopper and including a pair of oppo;

sitely arranged chambers a powershai't, means including clutch means for rotating the depositing, device from the said shaft, means inthe hopper for directing theflrst group .01 bundles from the chute to one side of the uppermost chamber of vthe depositing device, a second means in the hopper for directing the second group of bundles into the opposite side of 'said chamber, latch means for holding the depositing device I means in the hopper for-releasing the latch means and for engagingthe clutch tocause the power shatt to turn the depositing device a half turn,

springmeans for returning the clutch-actuating means and latch. to theirtfirst positions, means in each chamber for holding the bundles therein, means for moving such means tooperative position upon the initial'movernent of the depositing 25 device, and "manually operated means for moving such means to inoperative position after the device has been movedtto depositing position.

. 6-. A'shocking apparatus of the class described thechute to 'one'side of the uppermost chamber of the depositing device, a second means'in the hopper for directing the second group 01' bundles into the opposite side of said chamber, latch means-for holding the depositing device against movement, means actuated by the second means in thehopper for releasing the latch means and for engaging the clutch to cause the power shaft to turn the:depositingdevice a half turn spnng means for returning the clutch-actuating means and latch to their first, positions, means includingclutch means for operating the conveyor from the power shaft, and means for moving the clutch to disengaged position when the chute isbeing tilted; ,i

, DAVID D. DALLENBACHL 

